Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1887-09-23
WASHINGTON LETTER.

WAsnISGroa, Sept. 1G, 19ST.-Thc
project Of celebrating in 1892 the
four-hundrodth anniversary Of the
discovery of America by Columbus
by worlds fair III the District of
Columbia grows steadily in popular
favor. An endorsement Of tho pro.
posed exposition is coming to 10 re,
co9nized us an appropriate plank in
The platforms of local, national and
international conventions, following
tue precedent of Irish home rulo res
olutions in tho State legislatures. =
Tho lawyers have approved tho pro.
joct at tho national bar association
meeting, The doctors give the plan
enthusiastic endorsement nj the In.
ternational Medical Congress, and il
only remains for the Congress of the
United States TO grant n favorable
hearing to tho advocates Of the pro
posed celebration. There is pecu.
liar appropriateness in tho selection
of Washington rs Tho place for cele-
bratinG tho discovery anniversary, and
its right to this honor is practically
undispntod. The Capital City, not
withstandiug its many attractions.
has not, however, had its full share
of tho great national and information
al gatherings. One OF its plans for
the immediate future should DO to
equip itself with n vast hall, suitable
for tho accommodates of the largest
crowd, and then assert itself rs dis
tinctinctivcly tho "Convontion City"
Of tho United States. The great pc.
litical, professional and scientific
gatherings should all naturally be
held horo
Recent out givings of the Civil Ser
vice Commission on the subject of
removals put both mugwumps and
spoilsmen in tho same uncertain and
suspicious 5fTf3strflG of mind MS that
which followed the announcement OF
examinations for promotion. In the
latter case the mugwumps' fears and
the spoilsmon's hopes wero aroused
by the suggestion of a new device in
the line of ''bouncing" machines, and
the mugwumps' hopes and the spoils
mems fears excited by The apparent
introduction of the competitive prin-
ciple into promotions; and both par.
ties were disappointed by n cautious
working of tho new examinations
which rendered them merely ineifec
tive and supcrlous. In tho first,
mentioned and more recent case sim
liar ingenuity has not been exercised
III making The same net give promise
OF satisfaction to diamotricaly oppos
ing forces. but the Same end is reach
ed by division of the Commission
on tho subject of limitations upor
the power of removal, and like con
fusion and uncertainty have resulted
The Office holder trembles one day oil
the unrestricted power of removal
ascribed to his superiors by one end
of the Commission, and breathes
easily the next Mt the reassurances oil
the other end of the Commission
The effect of the treatment is in the
direction of making epidemic the of
fice-holders chill, in which one is al
ternately hot and cold, hopeful and
dospondont.
The matter of department. clerks
going home to vote is exciting in
tcrest in department. circles i'm con
nection with fall elections. There
has been an order issued recent,
which does not take from the clerks
the right of franchise. The old Gus
tom of permitting short leave al
election time in addition to tho
regular thirty days, has not been
in practice at all under this admin
istration. Clerks have been per
mitted full liberty to go home to
vote when the public business
would not suffer from their alb.
ssence, without regard to their party